This article identifies the main themes in recent changes in public sector management and
shows the extent of the challenge to past organizational assumptions. While recognizing the …

As governments and public service organizations across the globe engage in strategies of
institutional and organizational change, it is timely to examine current developments and a …

Outlines the broad area of research into and, theory development of, public services
management (PSM). Deals with theories on the State; governance; non‐profit organizations …

Almost 50 years after the Robert Hutchins-William Mosher debate about the contribution of
research to knowledge about the field, research methodology in public administration …

Over two decades ago, I assisted Don Stokes in a project that sought to explore innovations
in graduate education for public service. One of my duties in that effort was to produce a …

A merican public administration is awe-omely multidisciplinary and morecomplicatedly
multicultural-drawing on the expertise and insights, even the hopes and imaginations, of all …

How may public management be defined as an academic field? From what disciplinary
bases has public management evolved? What knowledge frameworks does public …

The goals of the individual are subordinate to those of the organization, authority is
distributed in a vastly uneven fashion, and there is relatively little opportunity for the …

Few subjects are more influenced by philosophy than the form of governance that guides
and administers public affairs, yet much of the literature about public administration remains …